Given her position at the Treasury, he said it was “regrettable that she was not more alert” to the possibility of a conflict of interest.
“You will want to consider her ongoing responsibilities in the light of this,” he said to Sir Keir, citing her ministerial job that includes fighting corruption.
Bangladesh’s anti-corruption agency is looking into Ms. Siddiq, who has utilized a number of Awami League-affiliated London residences.
She resided in an apartment that was given to her sister by an Awami League lawyer, in addition to the King’s Cross apartment that she now rents out.
An executive member of the Bangladeshi party’s UK branch presently owns the £2.1 million home in East Finchley that she rents.
